Letter: Mystery of the missing Republicans has been solved

Like many others, I too wondered why there were no Republican faces in those great photos from the Martin Luther King 50-year celebrations. Thanks to Bill O’Reilly’s unfounded accusations and subsequent apologies, we now know the ugly truth.

John Boehner, Eric Cantor, even former President George W. Bush had so little interest, regard, empathy for the spirit of racial/economic equality they didn’t even bother to show up.